Combat Press Men’s MMA Rankings: April 13, 2015

As MMA continues to grow its presence with the UFC, Bellator MMA, WSOF and ONE FC, fighters are constantly jockeying for position in the eyes (and rankings) of the media.

Every week, Combat Press will rank each weight class from heavyweight to flyweight, as well as the pound-for-pound rankings (including both genders).

Note: the numbers in parentheses represent the fighter’s ranking from last week.

Heavyweight

Cain Velasquez (1)

Fabricio Werdum (2)

Junior dos Santos (3)

Travis Browne (4)

Josh Barnett (5)

Stipe Miocic (6)

Mark Hunt (7)

Ben Rothwell (8)

Andrei Arlovski (9)

Alistair Overeem (10)

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic exacted revenge on former title challenger Gabriel Gonzaga in the UFC Fight Night 64 main event, but at 40 years old, the Croatian is going to have to put together a few more wins before he’ll be in consideration for our rankings. No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.

Light Heavyweight

Jon Jones (1)

Anthony “Rumble” Johnson (2)

Alexander Gustafsson (3)

Daniel Cormier (4)

Rashad Evans (5)

Ryan Bader (6)

Phil Davis (7)

Glover Teixeira (8)

Vitor Belfort (9)

Ovince Saint Preux (10)

England’s Jimi Manuwa bounced back from a loss to Alexander Gustafsson, defeating Jan Blachowicz at UFC Fight Night 64 in Poland. What made the win even more impressive was the fact that Manuwa did so with a torn meniscus. Nonetheless, the win wasn’t enough for Manuwa to vault back into the top 10. He’s just on the outside looking in. The rest of the top 10 was dormant this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.

Middleweight

Chris Weidman (1)

Vitor Belfort (2)

Anderson Silva (3)

Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (4)

Lyoto Machida (5)

Luke Rockhold (6)

Yoel Romero (7)

Tim Kennedy (8)

Gegard Mousasi (9)

Michael Bisping (10)

No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.

Welterweight

Robbie Lawler (1)

Johny Hendricks (2)

Ben Askren (3)

Rory MacDonald (4)

Hector Lombard (5)

Matt Brown (6)

Tyron Woodley (7)

Carlos Condit (8)

Rousimar Palhares (9)

Demian Maia (10)

No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.

Lightweight

Rafael dos Anjos (1)

Anthony Pettis (2)

Khabib Nurmagomedov (3)

Gilbert Melendez (4)

Donald Cerrone (5)

Benson Henderson (6)

Eddie Alvarez (7)

Will Brooks (8)

Myles Jury (9)

Michael Johnson (10)

No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.

Featherweight

Jose Aldo (1)

Chad Mendes (2)

Frankie Edgar (3)

Cub Swanson (4)

Conor McGregor (5)

Ricardo Lamas (6)

Dennis Bermudez (7)

Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (8)

Max Holloway (9)

Charles Oliveira (10)

No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.

Bantamweight

T.J. Dillashaw (1)

Renan Barão (2)

Dominick Cruz (3)

Urijah Faber (4)

Bibiano Fernandes (5)

Raphael Assuncao (6)

Michael McDonald (7)

Marlon Moraes (8)

Marcos Galvao (9)

Eduardo Dantas (10)

No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.

Flyweight

Demetrious Johnson (1)

Joseph Benavidez (2)

John Dodson (3)

John Lineker (4)

Ian McCall (5)

Jussier “Formiga” da Silva (6)

Zach Makovsky (7)

Kyoji Horiguchi (8)

John Moraga (9)

Henry Cejudo (10)

No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.

Pound-For-Pound

Jose Aldo (1)

Jon Jones (2)

Ronda Rousey (3)

Demetrious Johnson (4)

Cain Velasquez (5)

Chris Weidman (6)

T.J. Dillashaw (7)

Robbie Lawler (8)

Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino (9)

Johny Hendricks (10)

No fighters in the top 10 were in action this week, so the rankings remain unchanged.

Editor’s Note: Fighters are eligible to be ranked if they have competed in the last 18 months. Any fighter that chooses to switch weight classes will be ranked in their previous weight class until they have competed in their new division.

About The Author

Rob Tatum has been covering combat sports since 2009. His work has appeared on Bleacher Report, MMA DieHards, MMAinterviews and The MMA Corner. Prior to covering combat sports, Rob ran his own music website from 2002-2009. Beyond his writing, Rob has trained in both Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai. He is a Colorado native that works as a mechanical engineer during the day. In his free time, Rob enjoys watching sports, playing music and working on cars.